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Jensen is new AVMA marketing manager
The AVMA announced in December 2009 it had hired Heather Jensen as assistant director of marketing in its Communications Division.
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Bayer selling flea and tick products directly to retailers
Bayer Animal Health is starting to sell Advantage and K9 Advantix directly through pet specialty retailers and Web sites, while continuing to sell…
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USDA scraps NAIS, plans to develop state-based tracing system
Agency cites resistance to voluntary federal program in changing approachAgriculture officials are replacing the national program to trace animal…
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IV antiemetic, antimicrobials recalled for potential contamination
Claris Lifesciences of Ahmedabad, India, has issued a recall in the U.S. market of intravenous bags of the antiemetic ondansetron and the…
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Intervet/Schering-Plough recalls PreveNile vaccine
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has recalled PreveNile, a vaccine intended for the prevention of West Nile virus infection in in horses, after…
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Industry groups, congressmen argue to preserve antimicrobial use
Dr. Timothy S. Cummings said removing FDA-approved antimicrobials from the market would limit options to prevent and control disease without…
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AVMA Answers: President's perceptions
As AVMA president, what have you been hearing from constituents?
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GHLIT adapts insurance coverage after health care reform
Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ushered in an era of unprecedented change for the health insurance market, change focused on…
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Intervet/Schering-Plough and Merial to be joint venture
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health and Merial may become a joint venture within the next year, likely creating the largest global company in…
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Federal judge tells FDA to re-examine turtle sale regulations
A federal court ruling will make Food and Drug Administration officials re-evaluate the fairness of a ban on the sale of small turtles and eggs.
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CVTEA-accredited programs total 169
The AVMA Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities accredited four new veterinary technology programs at its April 16-18 meeting in…
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Immiticide in short supply
Because of limited supplies, veterinarians will have to buy a treatment for canine heartworm disease directly from
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Merial closer to restoring full supply of Immiticide
Merial has found an alternative source for the active ingredient in Immiticide, a treatment for canine heartworm disease
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Welfare policies revised and adopted
The AVMA has revised several of its food animal welfare policies and adopted a policy concerning the use of electromuscular disruption devices (eg,…
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State diagnostic lab opens at Cornell
Cornell University officially launched the state-of-the-art New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Oct.
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Some animal-use rabies vaccines in short supply
Merial's IMRAB animal-use rabies vaccines were out of stock as of early March because of manufacturing defects, a company spokeswoman said.
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Court hearings continue in complaint against Florida compounder
A Florida drug compounder and the Food and Drug Administration will continue litigation over the legality of compounding
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Livestock, poultry outlook still guarded in 2010
Hog producers are not expected to lose nearly as much money in 2010 as they lost in 2009, Ronald L. Plain, PhD, said.
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AVMA data track increase in women, specialists, members
Women now outnumber men among U.S. veterinarians, according to the most recent AVMA data. The data also indicate that the ranks of veterinary…
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CDC: Turtles associated with large Salmonella outbreak
Health authorities determined that contact with turtles was associated with a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that caused 135 illnesses but no deaths…
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Protecting pigs, cultivating consumers
Dr. Peter Davies said people working in animal agriculture are being portrayed as villains and profiteers of an unsustainable and unacceptable system.
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FDA considering approval of genetically engineered salmon
Some veterinarians & consumer advocates want more data before genetically engineered salmon are sold in the U.S